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Regular Session, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 63
BY SENATOR THOMPSON
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To recognize May 5th through 11th, 2013, as National Arson Awareness Week in Louisiana.
WHEREAS, the United States Fire Administration (USFA) has announced that the
Arson Awareness Week (AAW) 2013 theme is "Reducing Residential Arson"; and
WHEREAS, USFA and partners around the nation will use this week in May to focus
public attention on residential arson and provide communities with tools to reduce the
incidence of this crime; and
WHEREAS, this year's goal of AAW is to provide all residents with strategies to
combat arson in their neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, two new tropical fire reports focus on the characteristics of civilian
fatalities and injuries from residential building fires for the period of 2009-2011, with
bedrooms as the leading location where both civilian fire fatalities and injuries occurred; and
WHEREAS, between 2008-2010, statistics show that annually in the United States,
an estimated sixteen thousand eight hundred intentionally set fires in residential buildings
resulted in an estimated two hundred eighty deaths, seven hundred seventy-five injuries, and
five hundred ninety-three million dollars in annual property loss; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has documented fourteen thousand
seven hundred seventeen different law enforcement agencies reporting forty-three thousand
four hundred twelve arsons in 2011; and
WHEREAS, arsons involving single occupancy and other residential structures
accounted for more than twenty-nine percent of the total number of arson offenses; and
WHEREAS, the public is being encouraged, during Arson Awareness Week, by
implementing neighborhood cleanups, along with improving internal and external security
for their homes and abandoned properties. SCR NO. 63 ENROLLED
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
give the highest tribute to all fire and law enforcement investigative agencies for their
dedicated and tireless service, especially during National Arson Awareness Week.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES